Strong winds associated with a cold frontal passage created large areas of blowing dust across parts of New Mexico and Texas on 23 March 2013. The maximum wind gusts were as high as 82 mph in New... Read More

A powerful winter storm brought historic snowfall amounts and widespread blizzard conditions to parts of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas during the 25 February – 26 February 2013 period (see additional information from the NWS forecast offices... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed the development of widespread plumes of blowing dust over parts of New Mexico and Texas on 09 February 2013. Surface wind gusts across the region were as high as 79 mph in New Mexico and 71 MPH... Read More

A comparison of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 µm visible channel and false-color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images (above) showed areas of fog and stratus clouds over portions of the Pacific Northwest region of the US, the adjacent offshore waters of the Pacific Ocean, and far southwestern Canada at 20:15... Read More